Latest revision as of 20:10, 18 September 2007

ALA Committee chairs and members are encouraged to post information about sessions. Feel free to include discussion of anticipated topics or recent work. While this is not intended to replace ALA Communities for Committees, it is a great way to share with other attendees, and the wider membership, about the governance of the association.

The ALA Membership Committee is a standing committee charged with establishing policies, programs and procedures for the membership, as well as coordinating the ALA committee internship program. The Membership Promotion Task Force is comprised of division, round table and chapter representatives charged with promoting ALA membership in their units.

The Chapter Relations Committee (CRC) is a standing committee charged with supporting the mutual interests of ALA and the Chapters, providing a forum wherein Chapters can share ideas and communicate their needs and goals to ALA, and maintaining a cooperative and supportive relationship among ALA, its units, and the Chapters. The CRC serves as an advisory committee to the Chapter Relations Office.

The Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is a standing committee that recommends such steps as may be necessary to safeguard the rights of library users, libraries, and librarians, in accordance with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Library Bill of Rights as adopted by the ALA Council and works closely with the Office for Intellectual Freedom and with other units and officers of the Association in matters touching intellectual freedom and censorship.

The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) advances ALA’s public policy activities by helping secure information technology policies that support and encourage efforts of libraries to ensure access to electronic information resources as a means of upholding the public’s right to a free and open information society. It works to ensure a library voice in information policy debates and to promote full and equitable intellectual participation by the public.